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Abstraction :: Abstraction (a.) The taking surreptitiously for one's own use part of the property of another; purloining.

Purl :: Purl (v. & n.) To rise in circles, ripples, or undulations; to curl; to mantle..

Purl :: Purl (v. t.) To decorate with fringe or embroidery.

Abstract :: Abstract (a.) To take secretly or dishonestly; to purloin; as, to abstract goods from a parcel, or money from a till..

Pourlieu :: Pourlieu (n.) See Purlieu.

Spurling-line :: Spurling (n.) A tern.

Purl :: Purl (n.) An embroidered and puckered border; a hem or fringe, often of gold or silver twist; also, a pleat or fold, as of a band..

Plagiarist :: Plagiarist (n.) One who plagiarizes; or purloins the words, writings, or ideas of another, and passes them off as his own; a literary thief; a plagiary..

Purlieu :: Purlieu (n.) Originally, the ground near a royal forest, which, having been unlawfully added to the forest, was afterwards severed from it, and disafforested so as to remit to the former owners their rights..

Purling :: Purling (n.) The motion of a small stream running among obstructions; also, the murmur it makes in so doing..

Purline :: Purline (n.) In root construction, a horizontal member supported on the principals and supporting the common rafters..

Plagiarize :: Plagiarize (v. t.) To steal or purloin from the writings of another; to appropriate without due acknowledgement (the ideas or expressions of another).

Purled :: Purled (imp. & p. p.) of Pur.

Purloined :: Purloined (imp. & p. p.) of Purloi.

Purl :: Purl (n.) A tern.

Purloiner :: Purloiner (n.) One who purloins.

Crib :: Crib (n.) A small theft; anything purloined;; a plagiaris/; hence, a translation or key, etc., to aid a student in preparing or reciting his lessons..

Plagiary :: Plagiary (n.) One who purloins another's expressions or ideas, and offers them as his own; a plagiarist..

Cabbage :: Cabbage (v. i.) To purloin or embezzle, as the pieces of cloth remaining after cutting out a garment; to pilfer..

Purl :: Purl (n.) An inversion of stitches in knitting, which gives to the work a ribbed or waved appearance..

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